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Page xii
They have no labour , yet are they wel besene , Barded and garded * in
pleasaunt white and grene : They do nought els but revell , slepe , and drinke ,
But on his foldes the poore shepheard must thinke . They rest , we labour ; they
gayly ...
They have no labour , yet are they wel besene , Barded and garded * in
pleasaunt white and grene : They do nought els but revell , slepe , and drinke ,
But on his foldes the poore shepheard must thinke . They rest , we labour ; they
gayly ...
Page lii
... Then shall the hostler be their executour , Or suche other ribaude shall that
was his devour ; Making the tapster come gay and feate , His shirt , bis doublet ,
or bonet to excheate , For flesh that he bought and payde nought therefore , Then
is ...
... Then shall the hostler be their executour , Or suche other ribaude shall that
was his devour ; Making the tapster come gay and feate , His shirt , bis doublet ,
or bonet to excheate , For flesh that he bought and payde nought therefore , Then
is ...
Page lix
For commonly as sone as any man is dead , Another is soone ready for to fulfill
his stead , With mede and with prayer his place is dearly bought , So ofte have
princes their service cleare for nought : But then if it fortune a dogge or horse to
dye ...
For commonly as sone as any man is dead , Another is soone ready for to fulfill
his stead , With mede and with prayer his place is dearly bought , So ofte have
princes their service cleare for nought : But then if it fortune a dogge or horse to
dye ...
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| Title | Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Volume 22 Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Percy Society Volume 22 of Early English Poetry, Ballads, and Popular Literature of the Middle Ages, Edited from Original Manuscripts and Scarce Publications, Percy Society |
| Author | Percy Society |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 15 May 2018 |
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